And all God’s people Skyped “Amen”

As part of my preparation for my Internet ministry course coming up this spring, I have been studying the book of Acts to look at how the early church “did” ministry.  One of the practices of the early church was prayer. Specifically, corporate prayer: “And they were continually devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. ” (Acts 2:42)

We all know that we should be praying daily to God, but many of us forget that we are also commanded to pray with other believers. And when we consider how to utilize the Internet to further our ministries, do we even consider the possibility of using it to enable corporate prayer? Or is this one area where the virtual cannot replace the physical?

Has anyone reading this had experience with corporate prayer online? Would it work to do it via a “chat” session, via Skype, or through some sort of virtual world? And again, as I have asked before, does the virtual environment provide truly the same experience as the physical environment?  Will the prayers have the same power?

Tags: Acts, corporate prayer, prayer